MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- One good quarter by Glenn Robinson was
enough for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Robinson scored 16 of his 32 points in the third quarter as the
Bucks rallied from an 11-point deficit for a 107-97 victory over
the Atlanta Hawks.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 17 points in the first half as Atlanta
led by as many as 11 before taking a 54-49 cushion into the
locker room.

A 3-pointer by Robinson with just over five minutes left in the
third quarter put Milwaukee ahead for the first time at 70-68.
The Bucks carried an 82-75 lead into the final period after a
3-pointer at the buzzer by seldom-used Rafer Alston.

"That was probably the best Rafer has played this season with
the exception of the Utah game (on November 17)," Bucks coach
George Karl said.

Robinson made 6-of-7 shots in the quarter, including four
3-pointers. He scored 30 points in Sunday's victory at San
Antonio.

"We came out, Dog had a big second half and that really seemed
to propel us the rest of the way," Karl said.

"He's such a good player," Hawks coach Lon Kruger said. "He
went on a streak there that put them in the lead, and we didn't
have an answer."

Five straight points by Abdur-Rahim tied it at 90-90 with just
over six minutes to play. But Darvin Ham had a pair of
thunderous dunks in a 7-0 spurt that gave the Bucks the lead for
good at 97-90 with 4:32 left.

Ham scored a season-high 14 points as part of a big effort by
the Milwaukee bench. Tim Thomas scored 16 points and Alston
finished with 10 as the Bucks' reserves outscored Atlanta's,
44-26.

"Our bench tries to provide the rest of the team with energy,"
Thomas said. "Tonight you saw what we could do. Last year, I
would have thrown those passes in to Darvin and he would have
kicked it back out. Now, Darvin is taking ball to the hole with
good results."

Milwaukee has won seven straight home games against Atlanta
since February 10, 1998.

The Bucks played its third straight game without star guard Ray
Allen, who has left knee tendinitis. Michael Redd started for
Allen and collected 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds.

"I knew coming in that I would have a small guard (Jason Terry)
on me tonight," Redd said. "So I tried to focus on getting to
the glass and getting some rebounds."

Abdur-Rahim had 28 points and 11 rebounds but scored just five
points in the fourth quarter and committed six turnovers. Terry
chipped in 24 points and six assists.

"We were doing a lot of things to hurt ourselves," Abdur-Rahim
said. "I was careless with the ball and that hurt us. I have
to do a better job of taking care of the ball."

The Hawks, who have lost three straight on the road, made
21-of-25 foul shots. But after shooting 52 percent in the first
quarter, Atlanta cooled off to 42 percent (36-of-85) for the
game.

Sam Cassell had 12 points and 11 assists for Milwaukee, which
has won four straight at home since a loss to New York on
December 4.